Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-03-17
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Special Correspondence If zstte and JournI
DErAwAnE CRY, March 10.-Mr. O.
Won Culin, of Il. q O. Won OuliD, form
erly printers in this place, but now
engaged in the poultry business OF San
Diego, CAL, has been east buying car
load of poultry. They are managers for
Bancroft, the historian and California
millionaire.
DR.. Frank Bellyille's good man Friday
Jones, skipped on Saturday night with
his household effects, vim Ericsson line,
and his creditors are ,nourping his alb
sence. Friday gained the permission Of
the doctor to visit his sick son in Phila-
delphia and during his vacation managed
TO get his household goods together and
gently slip away by night.
DELAWARE Cry, March 1O.-The
cheese. factory of A. Oolburn, about II
ing 10 Port Penn, was entirely destroyed
by FIRE last night, with the entire con-
tents, consisting of the engine and ma
chinery for manufacturing cheese, lot
of butter which was ready for shipment
and number Of butter boxes and milk
cans, which were stored in the building.
n6 lAt WAS hthb dlbbpftItu hDpnt ~
o'clock, but before assistance Arrived the
flames had consumed the building and
contents.
The fire is supposed to be of incendiary
origin, as there had been no fire in the
building since ~ o'clock yesterday, when
the fire in the engines furnace was extin-
guished.
The loss will be about 90 500. It is
not known whether there was any in
surance, as Mr.. Colburn, the owner, is
in Philadelphia.
DELAWARE Cry, March 12.-The citizens
held an extra meeting at Eagles Hall last
night and organized a volunteer fire depart
ment. A list was opened for mem berahip
and 80 names were enrolled. The constltu-
ton of Washington Hook and Ladder Com
pany, No. 7, OF Wilmington, was adopted.
after which a committee Of five was APP
pointed to draft bylaws for the department.
The members proceeded to ballot for OFF,
cers aud the following were elected Presi-
dent, Mayor Sadler; Vice President, Charles
G.. Ash; Secretary, Postmaster W. W.
Obeairs; Treasurer, DR.. Balville. The Or
ganizatton than adjourned to meet on next
Thursday night TO adopt their bylaws.
Chairman Morris has called another
meeting for Monday night next at Eagles
Hall, when the committee will read the wa
ter-works bill for amendment or approval.
DELAWARE Cry, March 1.-THE
steamer Major Reybold was unable TO
make her trip on Saturday owing to the
unusual low tide in Salem Greek.
William @. Hickey is having his store
finished in oak and otherwise generally
improved.
Ida Storut, daughter of e. A. storut,
proprietor Of the Delaware City Hotel,
died yesterday afternoon of membrane
GUS croup after short illness.
The Cunningham Brothers of Chester,
who generally fish here every spring,
will, owing to the new fish law, take their
nets and bouts to Pennsgrove, N. j., and
fish from that place.
Samuel Lewis, Jr., has moved his
family and household goods to Philadel-
phia.
The churches were all we'll attended
yesterday. At the M. e. Church the Rev.
j. II. Wiley preached his farewell ser.
mon to large assemblage, and at the
Presbyterian church the Rev. George A.
PAUL. preached memorial sermon in
oommemoration of the life and death of
William d. CLARK.
The schooner Patterson 4 Bash of
onancock, Va, ran into and tore away o
,art of the bridge which spans the Della
ware Il Chesapeake canal at st. Georges.
IN Saturday afternoon. The officers of
The canal are holding the schooner here
until the damages are paid. The vessel is
loaded with oyesters.
The Chesapeake & Delaware canal
lock was full of herring yesterday.
The hand tire-engine was given pub
lie test on Saturday afternoon and found
entirely satisfactory. Two streams of
water were thrown above the Cleaver
building against strong northwest
wind; the hight reached was about rs feet.
DELAWARE CITY, March 15.-Delaware
| City's water-works was killed last night
by the citizens at a meeting, which was
called to order by Chairman Morris. The
committee presented and read the legisla-
| tive bill as prepared, authorizing the city
| to borrow Sl5 coo for the construction Of
water works. e. d. Oleaver offered the
following amendment, which practically
kills the bill:
WHEREAS, The bonded debt of Delaware
City at the present time ia $4,000 and the
/ bonded debt of the trustees OF the Della
ware City public school Is "a, 900, making In
the aggregate the sum Of $50, 900 to pay the
| interest on which already imposes a very
heavy burden Of taxation on the oltizens
and property holders OF Delaware City be-
| sides this the county taxation Ia likely to be
very much Increased the coming year and
| for some years to come, by reason of re-
cent decision Of our State courts, therefore
| be 1t
Resoloed: That we deem it unwise mex
pedient and hivhly impolitic to further In
crease the burden of taxation upon our
citizens by negotiating any loan for any
amount, for water purposes or for any pur-
pose whatever at the present time.
| After the reading Of the amendment
Mr.. Ash made motion to take ballot
on the water-works bill, which was lost
on q motion Of DR.. Dunlap.
DR.. Dunlap made a motion that all In
favor of the water bill should rise to their
feet and be counted This was done and
the nays were victorious by good ma
jority, and the water, works question was
finally settled. On motion the meeting
| adjourned sine die.